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CMB Professional Development Seminar: Kelly Tyrrell
December 13, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Speaker: Kelly Tyrrell, Senior Science Writer, UW-Madison
Kelly is an award-winning science writer and interim director of research communications at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Kelly has had an incredible career in science writing. She has previously worked as a health and science reporter for The News Journal in Delaware, Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Chicago Tribune, where she was a AAAS Mass Media Fellow in 2011. She serves as the engagement editor of the science journalism non-profit The Open Notebook. Most recently, she won the National Association of Science Writers’ 2019 Excellence in Institutional Writing Award, for the series “Origins” , examining the origins of the universe, life on earth, and human kind. Please follow the link to see the research and Kelly’s work: https://cmb.wisc.edu/2019/09/27/cmb-alum-kelly-tyrrell-wins-national-association-of-science-writers-award/.
Pizza will be provided, and all grad students/post-docs/researchers interested in hearing about different career paths are welcome!